Hello,all,
It's been a while since I posted but life's been somewhat topsy turvy with the Covid lockdowns et al.
There is a faint glimmer of hope that I might be able to retire this year but it's by no means certain and ,in addition, I have a biggish birthday coming up (but at my age they're all biggish birthdays).
My plan is to treat myself to another FP.
My parameters:
£500 or thereabouts budget but prepared to be flexible.
Western Fine nib or Asian equivalent.
Prefer not black in colour (so no MB)
Slight preference for good cartridge converter but happy to look at proven piston fill (probably ruling out Visconti HS)
"Girthy" rather than thin. Not because I have large hands but have arthritic hands instead.
Likely candidates:
Pelikan 600/800/even 1000. Always liked their colours but I'm not sure of the nib being fine enough. I've seen samples where the EF looked like a F.
Waterman Carene
Aurora Optima (tricky to find,it seems,in the UK) but I quite like the notion of a nib with feedback.
Onoto?
I think I should have some Japanese models to consider but I am well out of touch with Japanese pens except that I will probably stay clear of Sailor as I have one and dislike the converter;the nib (Naginata?) is now too smooth for me whereas when I first bought it over 10 years ago it seemed soooo good!
Any thoughts viz. Pilot or Platinum?
Indeed, any other recommendations or warnings about my likely candidates?
Thanks for looking and take care ,everyone, in these very strange times.
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